Blotting attachment for penholders



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BLOTTING ATTACHMENT FOR PEN'HOLDERS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. 1 920.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD W. L. NICOL, OF FORESTdI-IILL, LONDON, ENGLAND.

BLOTTING ATTACHMENT FOR PENHOLDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 7', 1922.

App1ication filed September 4, 1920. Serial No. 408,313.

(GRANTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1921, 41 STAT. L, 1313.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD \VA'rsoN LUNDIE NrooL, a subject of the King of England, residing at Forest Hill, S. E, 23, county of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blotting Attachments for Penholders, (for which 1 have filed application in England, Jan. 25, 1919, Patent No. 133,578,) of which t 1e following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to blotting devices, and particularly to blotting devices applied to pen holders, and the general object of the inventionis to provide a small and convenient blotting device which can be fitted to and usedwith a pen or pen holder without interfering-with the ordinary use of the lat ter. v

A further object is to provide a convenient form of carrier for the blotter which can be readily slipped on or off the pen.

And a further object is to so construct the blotter carrier that the blotters may be readattachment including a carrier which may he slipped on orofl the pen holder and adjusted upon a pen holder in any desired position, this carrier being so formed as to support a roller having thereon blotting paper or other blotting material.

Still another object is to provide a blotting attachment for pen holders which provides a convenient rest for the forward end of the pen when the pen is not in use, thus supporting the pen itself away from the paper and preventing the accidental lnking of the paper.

Other objects will appear'in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side view of the blottlng device applied to a pen with the parts in the ordinary writing position;

F i re 2 is a plan view of the construction illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2; V

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevation of one of the arms on the carrier;

'Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure-5.

My-attachment comprises a tubular metal sleeve 9 or socket which is adapted to slip over the barrel 7 on the end of a pen holder 7L and grips the same firmly so as to hold the device in position with the blotter transversely across the under side of the pen. The sleeve or socket, as illustrated, may be ribbed or it may be indented or knurled in order to give a good gripping surface, and is preferably split on its under side so that it will have an elastic grip on the pen holder. Extending from the lower end of this sleeve 9 is a fork e secured to the tubular metal sleeve or socket. The extremities d of this fork are downwardly turned and extend parallel to each other and at their extremities these arms (Z are provided with sockets 0. An inside view of one of these sockets is shown in Figure 5, and it will be seen that a gap 0 ismade on its under side. Only one of the sockets need have this gap 0. The arms al are preferably somewhat resilient. The blotter a is mounted upon an axle Z; which may be made of hard wood and is conical at its ends, as shown in Figure 4-, these conical ends fitting into the sockets 0 of the fork ends of arms all. As one of the sockets is made with the gap 0', it is obvious that a slight force exerted on the blotter roller I; will force the latter downwardly and press the conical end of the axle or core out of the socket and thus release the roller pad or blotter.

The blotter is preferably in the form of a strip, because when the outer surface becomes soiled, a piece can be torn off and the next convolution will form a new and clean surface. This strip may be perforated at convenient intervals to facilitate the detachment of the soiled portion, as is obvious. A suitable wire-spring or other light brake contrivance, designated generally '5, may be provided to keep a gentle'pressure on the roller to prevent the blotting paper unwinding accidentally.

The sleeve 9 is intended to he slipped upon the pen holder it above the pen h and the blotter roller disposed in any convenient position. Thus, for instance, it may be disposed beneath the pen, as illustrated in full lines in Figure 1, or above the pen, as illustrated in dotted lines. The roller is only about 52- wide and about t in diameter,

this being sufficient for all small matters such as for making entries rapidly on different pages of a cash book or for similar operations where rapid blotting is necessary. After writing or ruling in the ordinary way, it is only necessary to depress the rear portion of the pen holder or depress the point and incline the latter forward a little more to apply the roller blotter to the wet ink, and this can be done in practice without appreciably changing the hold of thefingers upon the pen.

It will be seen that my device provides a combined pen and blotter device, the latter being so arranged that it is always ready for use and can be instantly applied for drying the ink without laying down the pen and without the trouble of changing the mode of holding the pen and reversing its position and thus losing time. I do not wish to be limited to a roller form of blotter, as it is obvious that the pad may be revolving, as illustrated, or astationary pad or block. The carrier or clip is stamped out of light, thin metal and, as before stated, one or both of the arms (Z are resilient so that one of the arms may be shifted laterally. Any suit able connection between the arm and the body 0 of the clip may be provided for this purpose, though preferably, as before stated, these arms are resiliently connected to the portions (2. The device not only acts as a blotter, but it forms a convenient rest for the pen which can be put down any where with the roller underneath, the latter then keeping the point of the pen raised clear of any papers on the desk, and preventing dam;

age or inJury such as often occurs if a wet pen be laid down quickly or carelessly. The sleeve or socket 9 tends to prevent the objectionable creeping of the ink along the pen onto the holder. It is obvious also that the device may be made, if desired, to form an integral part of the penior barrel, and it may be used with ordinary quill, fountain, or stylographic pens.

I claim 1. A blotting attachment for pen holders comprising a split sleeve adapted to be disposed upon the pen holder and having integral, oppositely disposed, laterally projecting arms at the lower end of the sleeve, said arms extending away from thejsleeve and then extending approximately parallel to the axis of the sleeve, and a blotter roller rotatably mounted between said arms, the axis of said roller extending at right angles to the axis of the sleeve.

2. A blotting attachment for penrholders comprising a split sleeve adapted to be disposed upon the pen holder and having integral, oppositelydisposed, laterally project ing arms at the lowerjend of the sleeve, said arms extending away from the sleeve and then extending approximately parallel to the axis of the sleeve, a blotter roller rotatably mounted between said arms, the axis of said roller extendingat right angles to the axis of the sleeve, and a leaf spring carried by the sleeve and bearing upon the peripheryof the roller.

A blotting attachment for pen holders comprising a split sleeve adapted to be disposed upon the pen holder and having diverging arms at its lower end, one of said arms being yieldable and resiliently forced toward the other arm, both of said arms beingprovided with concave sockets, one of said sockets having a gap, and ablotter roller having an axle formed with conical ends adapted to engage in said sockets.

EDWARD W. L. NICOL. 

